Make Your Search Intensional “1) My son, if you will receive my words And treasure my commandments within you, 2) Make your ear attentive to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding; 3) For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding; 4) If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures; 5) Then you will discern the fear of the Lord And discover the knowledge of God.” Proverbs‬

The Point of No Return: “28) Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but they will not find me, 29) Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the Lord. 30) They would not accept my counsel, They spurned all my reproof. 31) So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way And be satiated with their own devices. 32) For

The Downward Spiral of the Proud and Arrogant: “24) Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention; 25) And you neglected all my counsel And did not want my reproof; 26) I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes, 27) When your dread comes like a storm And your calamity comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.”